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For sale 1985 Ibanez Roadstar II RB 960

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$500.00
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4
Status
This item has been sold and is no longer available!

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Price modification...$500 shipped CONUS

1985 Ibanez Roadstar II RB 960 with original hard case, in very good condition. All original.
Has a bit of player ware, but not much considering the age...30+ years old.
  • Duo soapbar pickups
  • Volume and tone control for each pickup (Les Paul style)
  • "Carved" style top
  • Bound top
  • Either active pickups, or active preamp, or both (it does use a 9 vote battery)
  • Plays and sounds awesome
  • Mild wear for a bass that is over 30 years old
  • Case is in good shape, but has some stickers on it (which is how it came to me)
When I bought this (late 90's), I was looking for an RB924, but hadn't found one, and had never seen one of these before. To this day, this is the only RB960 I have seen in person, though I have seen pictures of several others.

$500 shipped CONUS
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Low Main

Low Main

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Nov 27, 2004
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I had one of these some years ago and liked it a lot. If I recall, it's active pickups and passive tone controls, so the battery just powers the pickups. Which is a great scheme. I know some folks who rig up active EMG's with passive tone controls and love that combination.

This one looks like it's in very nice condition. The gold plating is still hanging in there on the hardware and the nylon tuner shaft washers are still intact. Those are the two things that tend to wear the soonest on these.

Can't believe how clean that case looks. Stickers are easy to remove if unwanted.
 
higain617

higain617

Sep 12, 2013
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This thing is very cool. The original owner must have been from Boston judging from the stickers.
 
SMG

SMG

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Apr 17, 2000
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That makes sense since I think I got this from Daddy's Junky Music when they were still around. They were in that part of the country, if I recall. (Bought a lot of stuff from them in those days...always sight unseen, just a phone description, and almost always was very satisfied with my purchase.)
 
SMG

SMG

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I was asked about the shape of the neck of this bass, specifically in comparison to a Fender P or Fender J. I measured the neck at the nut. The neck width is 1 9/16 and strings are 1 1/4 from E center to G center. In this way it is a lot like the 1975 J I used to own years ago. Unlike a Fender, it has an angled headstock and a volute, and the neck is black gloss like the body...typical of Ibanez basses the era. That all stated, I think the neck is shaped more like the aforementioned J I had then my 1973 P bass I still own.
 
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Himedia

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Jun 6, 2018
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I bought a Rb851, which is an active Rb850 with four controls instead of three and is currently wired like your Rb960, Les Paul style, 2 volume and 2 tone controls. I wish I saw your post earlier... I didn't get a case with mine and I'm still looking for the original hard case which is a little different than yours. I even posted in the wanted section today. Are you by any chance willing to part with the case alone?
 
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Himedia

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Jun 6, 2018
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I don't blame you, that's a really nice bass you got there by the way
 
SMG

SMG

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I agree. I am just at the point of my life that I have to downsize.
 
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Himedia

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Jun 6, 2018
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I think you are the only one that I've seen to have a Rb960. These are really rare. If you happen to have a few minutes, is it possible to take a photo of the pots behind the back cover? I'm really curios what kind of controls these came with originally. As I mentioned earlier I recently got a Rb851, which is configured same way as yours but came with pots made by "Alpha" and that's all it's written on the back of them. I would really appreciate it, as I've been looking everywhere and these are so rare. Thank you in advance
 
SMG

SMG

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Apr 17, 2000
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It still is looking for a new home. I sought out the better Japanese basses for a while, and now I have to start thinning out all I have. This is a pretty cool bass, and one you don't see very often.
 
eanh

eanh

May 10, 2020
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you still selling this? I'm looking for one...
 

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